US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Active ionic propulsion system for motor vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,487, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Active ionic propulsion system for motor vehicles" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Alex Allmandinger (Ferndale, Mich.), Matthew Arthur Titus (Livonia, Mich.) and Lorne Forsythe (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ionic airflow management system for a motor vehicle includes a controller, a power supply in communication with the controller, at least one exterior component of a motor vehicle having an integral electrode in electrical communication with the power supply, the integral electrode comprising a cathodic terminal p...